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Council of Europe warns of labour trafficking

A Council of Europe expert group said in a report on Tuesday that labour exploitation became the most common form of trafficking in 2017 in Belgium, Cyprus, Portugal, and the UK. "Our monitoring shows that more and more people are being trafficked to work in awful conditions in Europe, both within and across national borders," said Siobhan Mullally of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.

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Sometimes in chess, a sacrifice brings victory. Theresa May should pay heed to the example of Slovakia's premier, Iveta Radicova, who sacrificed her job in order to get difficult euro bailout legislation through the Bratislava parliament.

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